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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-3

In the event of a dispute, the civil court, if the events giving rise to the loss or damage have given rise to criminal proceedings, is not obliged to stay the proceedings until the criminal court has…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-3

I.-Sales are sales that are accompanied or preceded by advertising and are announced as being aimed, through a reduction in price, at the accelerated disposal of goods in stock. Sales take place durin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-38

I. - The bearer may exercise his remedies against the endorsers, the drawer and the other obligees:1° On maturity, if payment has not taken place;2° Even before maturity:a) If there has been a total o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

…xed for presentation for acceptance. If, in the case provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 511-16, the first presentation took place on the last day of the time limit, the protest may stil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-3

The president of the court may, at the request of a debtor, appoint a mandataire ad hoc whose mission he determines. The debtor may propose the name of a mandataire ad hoc. The decision appointing the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Regional Plan for Spatial Planning, Sustainable Development and Equality

Article L4251-3

Territorial coherence schemes and, failing this, local town planning schemes, communal maps or documents in lieu thereof, as well as mobility plans, territorial climate-air-energy plans and the charte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-3

The occupational physician may propose, in writing and after discussion with the employee and the employer, individual measures for the adaptation or transformation of the workstation or measures for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Relations between the Assembly and the Executive Council of Martinique

Article L7225-3

…sident of the Assembly of Martinique a report on each of the matters to be examined by the Assembly and, where applicable, the corresponding draft deliberations.In the event of an emergency, the perio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibitions.

Article L5331-3

…offers of employment or offers of home-based work containing false allegations or likely to mislead and relating in particular to one or more of the following elements 1° The existence, actual availab…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3

…Chapter I of Title II of Book II is manifestly unable to comply with his obligations under Article L. 221-15, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may order t…

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